The Mustang Mine is a gold mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 38.54139, -117.08028
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Mustang Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mustang Mine
Secondary: 1922-Midas Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Manhattan District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mark Bradshaw And Emmett Q. Yates
Years: 1951 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Toquima Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: The Bedding Planes Strike N 75 E, Dip 55 Nw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Development): WAR EAGLE CYANIDE MILL STANDS ON MUSTANG GROUND THE SHAFT WAS RETIMBERED BY RELIANCE MINING CO.IN ABOUT 1937; AND AGAIN BY THE JEFFERSON LAKE SULPHUR CO. IN 1946.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF THE 275 FT MUSTANG SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, LARGE TRENCHES, AND GOPHER-LIKE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. WORKINGS CONNECT WITH THOSE OF THE THANKSGIVING MINE. ALSO A LARGE OPEN CUT NEAR THE TOP OF THE HILL HAS BEEN MINED.
Comment (Deposit): MUSTANG VEINPIPE-LIKE SHOOTS TO 2 BY 5 FT DIAMETER ARE DEVELOPED FOR 100 FT DOWN-DIP
Comment (Production): SURFACE TRENCHES PRODUCED $10,000. THE PRINCIPAL PIPE PRODUCED $40,000. POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF 500-1000 TONS ORE FROM A SMALL INCLINED STOPE.
Comment (Geology): DISSEMINATED GOLD OCCURS AS CRYSTALS AND SHOT-LIKE PELLETS IN ILLITE WITH ADMIXED MINOR FINE-GRAINED QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NYE CO.: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 50, P. 121-122.
Reference (Deposit): FERGUSON, H.G., 1924, GEOL. & ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT: USGS BULL 723, P. 157
Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 122.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
